U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

web map service that allows registered users to view select information from the National Hydropower Asset Assessment Program (NHAAP). Available maps show geospatial distribution and characterizations ...

to the change. A recent research review paper 1 indicates that at the current rate of carbon emissions, many of the organisms that were evaluated will have a very high risk of being impacted by ocean ...

miles away. Many managers keep track of how policy decisions about reservoir management, energy production, and inter-sector water allocation may affect the quantity, quality, and cost of the water t ...

water temperatures, increased nutrient runoff after severe storms, and higher atmospheric carbon dioxide can promote growth of HABs. Thus, in addition to the threat of human health impacts, HABs prese ...

U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit. From developing biomass energy projects on the Quinault Indian Nation in Washington and tribal and intertribal wind projects in the Great Plains, to energy-efficiency ...

Checklist:. Key resources (external links). Combined Heat and Power: Enabling Resilient Energy Infrastructure for Critical Facilities . This report provides information on the design and use of combi ...

s systems and equipment are elevated, protecting them from floodwaters. The emergency power supply has sufficient capacity to run medical equipment, elevators, and heating, ventilation, and air condit ...

may shift consumption of fossil fuels to more renewable sources of energy. Effects on energy infrastructure. Impacts from Hurricane Sandy caused power outages across a large swath of New York City. I ...

beginning with primary production through distribution to consumption. 1 An increase in carbon dioxide levels, climate change, and climate variability all have the potential to increase the prevalence ...

analyses; water conservation; water rights and allocation priorities; reservoir operations; hydropower generation; pollution tracking and water quality; vulnerability assessments; and ecosystem requir ...